6th of August
Historical Antarctic
Pictures and Events
Ernest Shackleton, Trans Antarctic Expedition on the ship Endurance, 1914 - 1917.
1916 - Shackleton's men have been on Elephant Island for over 3 months hoping for rescue which they hoped may have come in about 14 days. Food is short and monotonous.
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"We are grubby and greasy, any efforts to wash without soap ends up with us
using the dirt as a sort of polish."
William Spiers Bruce, Scottish National Antarctic Expedition on the ship Scotia, 1902 - 1904.
1903 - First engineer Alan Ramsay (aged 26) dies of a heart condition on Laurie Island, South Orkneys, he was buried on the island
